People in the South West are being reminded never to light a fire or barbecue in forests or woodlands, as the third heat wave this summer creates “extremely high-risk conditions”. The wildfire risk has been raised to red this weekend, with Forestry England saying the hot, dry start to summer had made it easy for fires to ignite and get out of control. An amber heat health alert was issued for the South West earlier this week until 21:00 on Sunday. Forestry England said the Met Office had issued the extreme wildfire alert alongside it. Forestry England area manager Katy Mansell says forest fires “put lives at risk, destroy habitats, kill wildlife and put our emergency services in harm’s way”. …Forestry England said fires could travel at huge speed above ground and through soil – caused by cigarette butts or disposable barbecues.